Melica ciliata, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 178-179

7. M. ciliata L. , Sp. Pl. 66 (1753) .

Caespitose to shortly creeping; stems 20-60(-100) cm, slender. Leaves 1-4 mm wide, usually convolute and rigid, without a prominent midrib; sheaths sometimes shortly and sparsely hairy; ligule up to 4 mm, oblong, lacerate. Panicle 4-8(-25) cm, erect, usually rather lax, with usually short, erect (rarely erecto-patent) branches. Spikelets 4-8 mm, with 1 fertile floret. Glumes subequal, ovate, acute,

deciduous. Lemma of fertile floret lanceolate, acute, long-ciliate on margin and marginal veins, otherwise papillose, 7- to 9- veined. Dry, stony places. S., C. & S.E. Europe; S. Sweden, S. W. Finland. Al Au Be BI Bu Co Cr Cz Fe Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (*B, W, K, E) Sa Si Su Tu. Very variable. Four subspecies may be recognized and it is possible that M. eretica Boiss. & Heldr. in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 2(13): 54 (1853), from Kriti, may represent a further subspecies. 1 Panicle usually 12-25 cm, usually lobed; stem with 1 internode below the panicle (d) subsp. magnolii 1 Panicle usually not more than 8 cm, usually unlobed; stem with 2-4 internodes below the panicle

2 Upper leaf-sheaths smooth, the lamina smooth or almost so beneath (a) subsp. ciliata 2 All leaf-sheaths scabrid, the lamina scabrid beneath

3 Spikelets greenish-white at anthesis; panicle usually with more than 50 spikelets, not or weakly secund

(b) subsp. taurica 3 Spikelets purplish at anthesis; panicle usually with fewer than 50 spikelets, secund after anthesis

(c) subsp. monticola